English Language Arts
71.3%
State avg 57.6%
District avg 71.5%
County avg 70.8%
District avg 71.5%
County avg 70.8%
Test scores
See how it ranks: all Nebraska schools by score · Dixon County schools by score
NSCAS, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % On Track + Advanced.Mathematics
80.6%
State avg 60.6%
District avg 80.6%
County avg 65.6%
District avg 80.6%
County avg 65.6%
Science
N/A
State avg 73.4%
County avg 65.1%
County avg 65.1%
What this means: On the NSCAS, Nebraska's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Nebraska schools, those numbers are about 58 and 61.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.9%
based on NE schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Nebraska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Nebraska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 3 | 71.9% | 55.6% | 32 | 81.3% | 58.4% | 32 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 4 | 52.5% | 57.3% | 40 | 80.0% | 58.6% | 35 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 5 | 68.3% | 52.2% | 41 | N/A | 59.8% | N/A | N/A | 74.7% | N/A |
| Grade 6 | 67.6% | 48.7% | 37 | N/A | 52.5% | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
1-year history
All grades, all students. PONCA Nebraska avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 71.3% | 71.5% | 70.8% | 57.6% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 80.6% | 80.6% | 65.6% | 60.6% |
How to read these scores
What is NSCAS?
NSCAS is the statewide standardized test administered by Nebraska public schools.
What does "% On Track + Advanced" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 71.3% mean for English Language Arts at PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
It means about 71.3 percent of students tested at PONCA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performed at grade level or above on the NSCAS English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Nebraska that year was 57.6%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Nebraska, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Nebraska Department of Education, Nebraska Student-Centered Assessment System (NSCAS). School-level All Students subgroup from the NEP public data downloads (nepdata.education.ne.gov). Headline metric is the cumulative "On Track + Advanced" rate (top 2 of 3 NSCAS levels: Developing / On Track / Advanced).
How often is it updated?
NSCAS is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.